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_Furr_ from Blitzen Trapper is a great record. Also, _4_ from Dungen. _The Hawk Is Howling_ from Mogwai. James Blackshaw's _Echoes of Litany_. Melvins' _Nude With Boots_. Baby Charles put out a fantastic soul/R&B record.

the stretch from _Cream Corn_ to _Hairway to Steven_ is unassailable. great stuff.

i was at the Dino Jr show on Friday...drove down to NJ to shoot the Springsteen show last night. later today caught the free Mission of Burma show...damn i'm tired and too many photos to sift through! you gonna be @ any of these shows: Om/6 organs Mastodon/Dethklok/High on Fire Har Mar Superstar Psych Furs Echo/Bunnymen

1976 was the worst... about the only great records i can think of are _Ramones_, _Jailbreak_ and _Agents of Fortune_, and the Modern Lovers' record was recorded and should have been released in '72.

i think King's been hitting the gym. he was on fire. Teresa is back, but looked like life's been hard on her. thankfully no Kathleen so that can remain a hypothetical question.

they may not be everyone's cup o' joe but are truly one of the more original and important US bands, i'd say. review of Wednesday's Butthole Surfers show: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/butthole-surfers-w-psychic-ills-paradise-in-boston/

i am shocked at the absence of Mogwai. truly my favorite band of the 00s.

I should be set to shoot the Oct 3rd show for Backstreets mag, but i'd prefer seeing _Darkness_ to BITUSA.

you forgot "The Blondes" which is a great track.

Here is my review of the Sunday show, w/ photos from both nights: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/u2-gillette-stadium-foxboro-ma-picsreview/ i've got more shots here

to be honest the only song off DD/LY i heard before leaving was "mountain." they started w/ some great songs (slow life, juxtaposed, rings) but there was no life, no zap to their game. i'd seen SFA once in '05 and Gruff solo in '07 and both were great, and i really enjoy most of their catalog. for whatever reason they felt flat to me.

once again the organizers of All Tomorrow's Parties put on one hell of an event in a dingy, overlooked corner of the Catskills. 3 days of entertainment overload centered around bands, but including comedians, live improvisation, trivia games, cult film screenings, performances of complete, specific recordings, live interviews with King Buzzo and Jon Spencer, a poker table helmed by Big Black/Shellac leader Steve Albini...the list goes on and on...incredible weekend. nirvana for music geeks, basically. Here are my thoughts about the whole thing, links to a review and photo gallery from each

i suppose i need to familiarize myself w/ the new record...am going to the Boston shows Sunday and Monday (photo passes confirmed, too).

i do not like the Dead. i very much like Wilco.

i wrote the review, too. no, i certainly knew going in that there would not be any Ozzy material played, and i thought i'd made that point clear w/ the analogy of the recent Stooges reunions only playing material from the records that Asheton played guitar on.

Thanks! someone called them the Hands of Doom, and i think it's accurate. that photo is currently my wallpaper for my pc...think i'll get a decent print of both shots. more shots of all the bands can be found here: http://narlus.zenfolio.com/f1072397664 enjoy!!

not sure how much overlap there is between Wilco's fanbase and some of the louder music forms, but if you are interested i caught a couple of very cool shows over the last 10 days or so. Heaven and Hell (aka Black Sabbath, fronted by Dio) review Motörhead review

you must own: The Lioness Trials and Errors Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma

wow, Wilco's playing Vicar St? that's a pretty cozy venue to see them. when i lived in ireland i saw Echo/Bunnymen, Calexico, and The Go-Betweens there. i didn't get tickets to any of the three sold-out Nick Cave solo shows...no tickets to be had out front from scalpers either.

yeah, she's gotten over her tendency to meltdown at shows, but this karaoke act has gotten a bit stale. agreed that Hynde sounded great, though i think her vibrato was helped out a bit artificially... thanks! canon bodies and lenses.

very fun show...LOUDquietLOUD sorta evening, w/ Chan Marshall still plying her dusky soul sound and breaking up the volume output. review and photos here: http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/live/52125/Wednesday-120809-Cat-Power-Juliette-Lewis-The-Pretenders-@-Bank-of-America-Pavilion-Boston more shots (click on the photo to see more):

Ali was a total badass drummer. played w/ tons of great combos. a monolith for sure.

i can't see how it's legal, even w/ this flimsy qualifier

yeah, if you like the Jesus Lizard you will definitely hear where they got some of their ideas from (The Birthday Party)...also, for a bit more difficult listen, you can check out Blixa's band Einsturzende Neubaten. and 2007's solo record from original seed Mick Harvey is also quite good.

i would point out these records: the boatman's call let love in henry's dream murder ballads